In this exercise, we'll take a look at the most basic of the Darken modes which…are Darken and Darker Color.…Now between you and me you are not going to be using these blend modes very…often, however I do want you to understand how they work and I will be showing…you a couple of filtering effects that work quite nicely with the Darken mode…in the next exercise.…I am looking at a file called Darken demo.psd found inside the 04_darken folder…and notice below the model layer, we have a trio of background layers that we'll…be taking a look at over the course of next few exercises.…

We'll start things off by merging the model with this water layer in the background.…All of these images by the way hail from the Fotolia Image Library about which…you can learn more and get a discount at fotolia.com/deke.…I am going to go ahead and turn that model layer back on, click on the Blend…Mode pop-up menu and then choose Darken.…Now this blend mode is extremely simple.…Here's what it does.…I am going to go ahead and zoom in here, so we can see things more closely.…

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11/28/2011

Advanced Blending is the second installment in Deke McClelland's series on making photorealistic compositions in Photoshop. The course explores blending options and shows how to use them to create sophisticated effects and seamless compositions, often without masking. Beginning with the basics of blending layered images, the course sheds light on the formulas behind the Photoshop blend modes and shows how to comp scanned line art, create double-exposure effects, correct skin tones, and work with the luminance sliders.